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susie74530
susie74530

Post op and living alone with no outside help, how am I to get these things off my legs for an hour every day, and then put them on again without breaking the 90 degree rule.  Can't expect Social Services or the District Nurse to wait arond for an hour to put them on again.  I can probably manage thr left oen. but not the one that will have the THR?

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  • colinTN17
    colinTN17 susie74530

    Posted

    Get yourself a sock putter onner. Simples
    • Rocketman_SG6UK
      Rocketman_SG6UK colinTN17

      Posted

      Yes, anyone on their own WILL need a sock aid.

      So glad I got one, saves me having to beg my wife to help me every morning.

      I get mine off with a long handled shoe horn - slip it inside the sock top, and keep pushing it down, bit by bit.  Once you have got it over the heel, it's easy.

      Graham - 🚀💃

  • racingcat
    racingcat susie74530

    Posted

    I didn't have TEDS told surgeon I lived alone and he was happy with blood thinners. 6 months on I'm in good shape, not using TEDS didn't hinder my recovery
  • linnet2015
    linnet2015 susie74530

    Posted

    If you cant get outside help from friends or family then a sock aid may help but it also depends on your surgeon as they dont all advocate using TEDS.

    You can leave them on for up to 3 days so you may be able to get a carer to come in every 3 days? 

    But before you worry about how you will put them on why dont you check with your consultant first to see if they require you to use them.

    Linnet x

     

    • susie74530
      susie74530 linnet2015

      Posted

      I thought they were "standard issue!"  I will look into the sock "putter onners" that Colin has suggested, whatever they are....  Not so simple when I have no idea where to go and get them!  Will make a note to ask the surgeon on Monday about these things.  They sound dreadful.

      Unfortunately, my family are deceased, Daughter in Bath doesn't drive, so no help there, and time demanding job.  Friends, mostly in San Francisco, and all tied up with their own issues.  Not much in the way of help around here.  It's an ever changing population, young professionals, and I couldn't ask them to do something so intimate, it would not be appropriate to the relationships.

      I can see that I have a lot of work to do, mostly research, by the look of it.

    • geraldine75805
      geraldine75805 susie74530

      Posted

      Have a look online and type in something like Complete Care.  I also am on my own now  and discovered a lot of useful aid items from a site with an almost similiar name.  They dispatched very quickly and were reasonably priced.   
    • susie74530
      susie74530 geraldine75805

      Posted

      Great!  Many thanks Geraldine.  That is very helpful, will do.  I have had a look at Lloyds for other contraptions, but new things come up almost every day, that I had not thought about!
    • Rocketman_SG6UK
      Rocketman_SG6UK susie74530

      Posted

      I went to Amazon - search for "Motionperformance Essentials Mobility Easy Pull Sock and Stocking Aid"

      Graham - 🚀💃

    • susie74530
      susie74530 Rocketman_SG6UK

      Posted

      Many thanks, Graham.   I am due to see the consultant on Monday, and Maggie has suggested that I ask him what he recommends.  I am becoming anxious as I am very vulnerable, as outlined to Maggie.  Being on crutches, etc., is not the ideal scenario as booby trapping may occur.
    • DawnDedee
      DawnDedee susie74530

      Posted

      I learned to shave my surgery leg using the grabber, but I swear, I could not use that sock putter onner!
  • Kate53CornUK
    Kate53CornUK susie74530

    Posted

    Hah, the sock putter onner, never really got the hang of it and once fell asleep in the middle of getting a sock on. I didn't have Ted's, not everyone does, but your grabber is invaluable in the first few weeks. Get two and you can get things on and off. I asked occupational health for two and they supplied them along with the rest of my hip contraptions!
    • Rocketman_SG6UK
      Rocketman_SG6UK Kate53CornUK

      Posted

      Stick clips were the best thing I got at £2.  I have them on my stick, and my grabber.  Stops them falling to the ground.

      Sock aid takes some practice.  

      Graham - 🚀💃

    • geraldine75805
      geraldine75805 Kate53CornUK

      Posted

      I am a lady of a certain age and was just given blood thinners, no socks thank goodness.  Could have been something to do with the fact that I had broken my wrist as well as hip, and am on my own, so even eating was a major task!   But would be interested to know whether there is a general policy, or whether its up to individual surgeons, as so many people seem to have different experiences.

      Even with all your limbs healthy they seem a nightmare to put on and take off.      

    • susie74530
      susie74530 geraldine75805

      Posted

      That's  interesting.  I am 74, but in quite good shape for my age.  But putting on those writeched socks would be impossible without some sort of implement or outside help, which I do not have.  Obviously cannot bend as that would break the 90 degree rule.
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